Brim-stretching and hat-blocking machine.



No-t 881,625.

BRIM STRBTGHING AND HAT BLOCKING MACHINE. APPLIQATION PILEDJAN. 1905. RBNBWBD 00T. 2, 1907.

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BRIM SI-RETGHING AND HAT BLOGKING MACHINE'. APPLICATION FILED JAN. a. 1905. RENBWBD ooT. z, 1907.

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' BMM STRETGHING AND HAT BLooKING MACHINE.

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UNITED sri-irnsmpgrnn'r OFFICE.

GUSTAV SEGSOHNEIDER, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO WARING HAT MFG CO.,

OF YONKERS, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

IBRIM-STRETCHING AND HAT-BLOCKING- MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 1o, 190s.

Application filed January 3, 1905, Serial No. 239,312. Renewed October 2, 1907. Serial N o. 395,523.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUs'rAv SEGscHNnI- DER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Yonkers, county of Westchester, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brim-Stretching and Hat-Blocking Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The chief object of this invention is to effect a stretching of hat-brims indirections radial to the hat which is being operated upon. This stretching, with the machine herein described, is coniined to the intermediate portion of the hat-brim between the outer and inner margins, and is effected by `two concentric pairs of clamps, onea pair of brim-clamps for clamping the outer margin of the hat-brim, and the other pair, which will, for convenience, also be' termed brimclam s, for clamping the hat-brim at a point close y adjoining the lineof juncture of the brim and hat-body while the intermediate portion of the hat-brim, which lies between the inner and outer margins, is not clamped. At the moment of closure of the two pairs of clamps they are preferably in position to bring the outer and inner margins ofthe brim into the same plane. Then while both pairs are clamping the hat-brim, one .pair is' moved out of the plane of the other pair and the desired brim stretching is thereby effected. In this manner a certain 'amount of slack is given to the intermediate portion of the brim which is advantageousin the subsequent operation of imparting the curl. The brim stretching operation is performed in conjunction with instrumentalities for blocking the hat-body.

Referring now to the accompanying three sheets of drawings, which forma art of this application, Figure 1, is a side e evation of the machine with the clamps separated and the parts in position to permit the removal or insertion of a hat. Fig. 2, is a side elevation and vertical section broken away on the line x* of Fig. 3, showing the clamps closed and the parts fully operated. Fig. 3, is a front elevation of the machine with the operative parts relaxed as in Fig. 1.

The several arts of the machine are supported in a mam frame comprising two parallel frame castings 1 1. The castings support between them a lower brim-clamp 2,

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ture are clamped by a hat-block 6, and brimclamp 7, attached to the hat-block, which arebrought into clamping engagement concentric with the brim-clamps for the outer margin of the hat-brim. The concentric clamping ring is supported at the ends of two levers 8 8, the other ends of which are pressed by springs 9 9, so that the top of this ring, against which the inner margin of the lbrim is clamped, will be on about the same level or plane with that part of the surface of the lower brim-clamp against which is clamped the outer margin of the hat-brim, as shown in Fig. 1. Adjustable abutments 10 10, are provided, and the tensions of the springs are such that they will be overcome when suflicient pressure for the proper clamping of the hat-brim is brought to bear on top of the clamping-ring by the brim clamp attached to the hat-block.

The hat-block is supported by a central vertically sliding rod 11, which is guided in bearings supported by braces between the side frames. The rod is operated by a handlever 12, through a connecting-rod 13, arm 14, rock-shaft 15, arms 16 16, and links 17 17. An arm 18, rearwardly projecting from the rock-shaft has a Weight 19, attached thereto, which counterbalances the hat-block and other parts moving with the hat-block. The arm of the hand-lever to which the connecting-rod is attached is brought into line with the rod, and hence on the center, so as to lock the parts when the lever is fully operated. Additional clamping pressure and adjustment is afforded by a hand-wheel 20. A nut 21, carried by the hand-wheel, engages a thread on the lower end of the central vertically sliding rod, and the hand-wheel has a swivel connection with the hat-block. The

hat-block is hollow, so that a gas burner may' -be placed therein.

The upper brim-clamp is operated for rapid opening and closing by a hand-lever 22, which is fulcrumed on a shaft 23. It is connected through links 24 24, with a cross-bar 25, between the lower ends of the vertically sliding side rods. For the more powerful operation of clamping, a treadle 26, is provided. This is keyed to a shaft 27, and the shaft carries an arm 28, to the end of which two links 29 29 are hinged, preferably with a slight friction, so that the links, when not otherwise supported, will remain in the relation to the arm in which they are illustrated in Fig. 1. On the operation of the brimclamp by the hand-lever, a hook 30, attached to the cross-bar is brought opposite to a bar 8l, between the upper ends of the links, and operation of the treadle first engages the bar and hook, thereby coupling the briin-clamp to the treadle, and then the arm and links are thrown onto the center, as illustrated in Fig. 2, thereby acting as a power device, and the upper brim-clainp is clamped against the lower brim-clamp with great power and locked by reason of the arm and links being brought into line.

In o erating the machine, the parts are first re aXed as shown in Fig. l for the removal of the hat previously operated upon, and the insertion of another. Then the upper brim-clamp is brought down, iirst by the hand-lever, and then the power device operated by the treadle is coupled to the brim-clamp and then operated, thereby clamping and locking the brim-clamps for the outer margin of the brim. Next, the hat-block is brought down by the operation of the hand-lever with which it is connected. It first blocks the hat-body and clamps the hat and preferably the hatbrim at the line of juncture between the brim and body against the concentric clamping-ring, and second, by continued movement forces the clamping ring downward to the position illustrated in Fig. 2, and thereby stretches the brim by drawing it into an oblique position, as set forth and illustrated.

lhat l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. In a hat-blocking machine, the combi nation of concentric pairs of brimclamps, means for operating each pair of clamps, and means for moving one pair of clamps from the plane of the other pair of clamps while clamping, substantially as described.

2. In a hat-blocking machine, the combination of concentric pairs of brim-clamps, means for operating each pair of clamps, and means for moving the inner pair of clamps from the plane of the other pair of clamps while clamping, substantially as described.

3. In a hatblocking machine, the combination of concentric pairs of brim-clamps, means for operating each pair of clamps, a. hat-block, and means for moving the haiblock through the brinrclamps and for moving one pair of clamps from the plane of the other pair of clamps while clamping, substantially as described.

4. In a hat-blocking machine, the combination of concentric pairs of ln'im-clamps, means for operating each pair of clamps, a hat-block, and means for moving the hat block through the brim-clamps and for moving the inner pair of clamps from they plane of the other pair of clamps while clamping, substantially as described.

5. ln a hat-blocking machine, the combination with a clamping device, of a handlever for the rapid opening and closing of the movable part of the clamping device, a, treadle, a 'power device operated by the treadle, and means for coupling the power device to the movable part of the clamping device when the clamping device has been closed by the hand-lever, substantially as described.

Signed at Yonkers, New York, this 30th day of December, 1904.

GUSTAV SEGSCI'IN El DER litnesses L. W. KE'ronUM, WM. V. CAMPBELL. 

